Nvidia Geforce 5200

Bought a new graphics card at the weekend, an Nvidia Geforce 5200. When playing games, it occasionally freezes. On restarting the PC, I find I have to wait a few minutes otherwise it won't get past the BIOS.

I can only presume my card is overheating. It comes with quite a hefty heatsink but no fan, unlike other similar models of the card.

I don't particularly want to 'under-clock' the card using the supplied over-clocking utility, so what would be the best course of action? My PC is already running with the case removed to try and get a bit of air to it.

Has anyone else with this card had a problem?

 

According to techreprts The drivers have been a problem with this card, and it sounds to me like that could be your problem as well. You may have to check the manufacturer's web site for the latest drivers and try them.

 

I will be installing the latest drivers, but decided to try and sort out this overheating problem first. The fact that it's still causing problems in the BIOS shows that it's not the Windows drivers causing the problem.

I might see if I can *****/glue a CPU fan to the card's heatsink.

 

Hi,

You can buy fan systems that connect into the PCI slots. They would probably be ideal (Edit: a good reason why is that they exhaust the heated air from the case, a normal fan would blow the air around inside the case).

Modifying the heatsink would surely nullify the warranty, in case it may be a physical fault with the card you would not be able to return it. (I have connected fans to heatsinks with cable ties in the past, if there is somewhere they can be hooked onto).

Agree with sparrow to check your drivers. The drivers may be causing the overheating. Any difference if you restart immediately after shutting down as to leaving it to cool down before restarting?

Matt

 

a good idea if ballbearings

I've had bad experience with a couple of those -seizing up because they had inadaquate bearings. Might work if you can find one with ballbearings.